Evan-Fischer Oil Filter Housing, Replacement Oil Filter Housing, model year 9999. Filed by Carparts.com, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 16 May 2022. 3,450 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Carparts.com, Inc. (Carparts.com) is recalling certain Replacement, and Evan-Fischer Oil Filter Housings, part number RD31260001. The welded plugs inside the oil filter housing may not have a proper seal, which can result in an oil leak.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 22E039 cover?
- Evan-Fischer Oil Filter Housing, Replacement Oil Filter Housing.
- What is wrong with them?
- Carparts.com, Inc. (Carparts.com) is recalling certain Replacement, and Evan-Fischer Oil Filter Housings, part number RD31260001. The welded plugs inside the oil filter housing may not have a proper seal, which can result in an oil leak.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- An oil leak in the presence of an ignition source such as hot engine components, can increase the risk of a fire. Loss of oil can also result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Carparts.com will replace the oil filter housing or provide a full refund, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 16, 2022. Owners may contact Carparts.com customer service at 1-866-529-0412.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An oil leak in the presence of an ignition source such as hot engine components, can increase the risk of a fire. Loss of oil can also result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 22E039 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Carparts.com, Inc. |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine:Oil/Lubrication:Filter/Screen |
| Reported to NHTSA | 16 May 2022 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | EVAN-FISCHER OIL FILTER HOUSING, REPLACEMENT OIL FILTER HOUSING |
What the notice says today
The consequence
An oil leak in the presence of an ignition source such as hot engine components, can increase the risk of a fire. Loss of oil can also result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Carparts.com will replace the oil filter housing or provide a full refund, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 16, 2022. Owners may contact Carparts.com customer service at 1-866-529-0412.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 22E039, wording as read on 15 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/22e039/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 22E039 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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